Variance of PE Base Case Underwrites vs. Actual?

Curious if anyone can share color on average performance of their firm's base case underwrite of 5-year performance vs. actuals over 1/3/5 year horizons?  How much variance is there, particularly in first 12 months?  More curious in buyout contexts where you have extremely high degrees of (false) precision.

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